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The Scrolling Message In The Status Line Of The Browser Trick

Javascript Tricks

The scrolling message in the status line of the browser trick:

This is actually a small Java applet, not HTML. Since it does not require any external programs to be loaded, I figured I would stick it in this section!

To install this on a page, just cut and paste the source code below into the top of your document. Make sure that you do not split the line containing OnLoad in the <BODY> tag.

NOTE: Be careful when submitting your page to search engines. Some are pretty dumb and your document's description could end up being the Java code! Make sure you have a very descriptive <TITLE> entry!!! 

 <HTML>
 <HEAD>
   <TITLE>The scrolling bottom message page</TITLE>
 </HEAD>
 <script><!-- The Scrolling Message Java Applet ----------
 function scroll_status (sval)
 {
     var msg = "This is the BigNoseBird Scrolling Message!!!";
     var out = " ";
     var c = 1;
     if (150 < sval) {
        sval--;
        var cmd="scroll_status(" + sval + ")";
        tmx2 = window.setTimeout(cmd, 25);
     }
     else if (sval <= 150 && 0 < sval) {
             for (c=0 ; c < sval ; c++) {
                     out+=" ";
             }
             out+=msg;
             sval--;
             var cmd="scroll_status(" + sval + ")";
                 window.status=out;
             tmx2=window.setTimeout(cmd,25);
     }
     else if (sval <= 0) {
          if (-sval < msg.length) {
                  out+=msg.substring(-sval,msg.length);
                  sval--;
          var cmd="scroll_status(" + sval + ")";
                  window.status=out;
                  tmx2=window.setTimeout(cmd,25);
             }
             else {
                window.status=" ";
                tmx2=window.setTimeout("scroll_status(150)",25);
             }
     }
 }
 // -- End of JavaScript code ------- --></script>
 </SCRIPT>
 <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" 
    OnLoad="tmx1a=window.setTimeout('scroll_status(100)',50);">
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